Biografía
In 1949 he took a degree in forestry at Aberdeen University and for the next eight years worked with the Forestry Commission.
He worked as a forester in the New Forest in the south of England.
He emigrated to Canada joining the British Columbia Forest Service.
In 1960 he worked with the Canadian Forest Service in Ottawa and later in the Northwest Territories.
He joined the National Parks Service as Superintendent of Riding Mountain NP and Cape Breton Highlands NP.
He worked with Parks Canada as the Chief of Resource Conservation in the Atlantic Regional Office in Halifax NS.
He was appointed as the Superintendent of Prince Edward Island National Park before retiring 1986.
Servicio militar
He was appointed as an Ordinary Seaman RNVR 1940.
He served in HMS Puckeridge 1942.
He served in HMS King Alfred (RNVR Officer Training Establishment) as Officer Candidate 1942. (CFR).
He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RNVR (With seniority dated 12/1942).
He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RNVR (With seniority dated 02/09/1943).
He served in HMS Dolphin for Diving Officer Training 1943.
He served in Human Chariot submersible craft 1943.
He served in HMS Varbel (12th Submarine Flotilla) for midget submarine service at Port Bannatyne.
He served in HM Submarine X-6 as Diver 1943. (The X-6 a 'midget' submarine carried charges that were used to cripple the the German Battleship Tirpitz during Operation Source in September 1943). His commanding officer was awarded the Victoria Cross. (He was captured and became a prisoner of war near Bremen Germany.) He was appointed as an A/Lieutenant (Temp.) RNVR 1946.
He served in the Far East to help to bring home PoWs of the Japanese conflict, via Canada. (He was demobilized.) He was appointed as a Lieutenant RNVR (Appointed 31/03/1953) (With seniority dated 11/12/1950).
He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander RNVR (With seniority dated 11/12/1958). (He was released.)
